Burgum Defends Trump's D.C. Overhaul With 510 Graffiti Removals as Costs Top $664.7 Million
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 4
Burgum Defends Trump's D.C. Overhaul With 510 Graffiti Removals as Costs Top $664.7 Million
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 4
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510 graffiti removals and 154 homeless encampment clearings were among the metrics Doug Burgum cited to defend the Trump administration’s Washington makeover ahead of the July 4 holiday.
The Interior Department said the effort also used 212 tons of road-repair material, repaved 280,000 square feet, rehabilitated 1,301 benches and fixed 1,913 lights across the capital.
Burgum framed the work as a rebuttal to criticism over cost, with Trump spending $14.7 million on the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, allocating $250 million to the Kennedy Center and planning more than $400 million for a White House ballroom.
The administration says it has already cleaned or renovated more than 45 monuments and memorials, 28 statues and 22 fountains, casting the projects as part of a broader push to restore Washington before the nation’s 250th anniversary.